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Transport committee  I really couldn't answer that. I can check and get back to you. I haven't had that situation as of yet. I was not aware that there's any fire department that was not willing to participate in the training that we provide or respond to a dangerous goods derailment.

April 13th, 2021Committee meeting

Tom Brown

Transport committee  No, we do not have a maximum response time, just based on the geography of our track layout and the facilities. As I mentioned, we have emergency response gear in Prince George, Smithers, Terrace and Prince Rupert. We also have environmental caches positioned at Burns Lake.

April 13th, 2021Committee meeting

Tom Brown

Transport committee  No, not that I'm aware of.

April 13th, 2021Committee meeting

Tom Brown

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Bachrach. First of all, along your corridor we do provide training to communities and first responders. We do have emergency response equipment situated in Prince George, Smithers, Terrace and Prince Rupert, in the unlikely event of a dangerous goods derailment.

April 13th, 2021Committee meeting

Tom Brown

Transport committee  Yes, we do. When we go through an exercise on how to approach a fire with dangerous goods, whether it's a single car, multiple cars, or just strictly a release of a dangerous goods product, all first responders, the fire departments, are all trained. In fact, in the last couple o

April 13th, 2021Committee meeting

Tom Brown

Transport committee  I would agree with Kyle. The benefits here will be a lot of educational gain. We focus a lot on infrastructure spending and technology, but this LVVR, locomotive voice and video recording, helps us address and correct some of the behavioural issues that we might have in the cab o

April 13th, 2021Committee meeting

Tom Brown

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Soroka. Basically, what Kyle was saying is that we are investing the majority of our money in technology. Some of the technologies we have are mature technologies. They're ones that you may not know are out there, but they're wayside inspection systems that have b

April 13th, 2021Committee meeting

Tom Brown